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Francis Parkman and the Plains Indians

by Francis Parkman, Jane Shuter

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The author, a wealthy Bostonian with a deep interest in Native American culture, provides a first-person account of his experiences living with a band of Oglala Sioux while they traveled the Oregon Trail during the summer of 1847.

Social life and customsIndians of North AmericaIndianistsOglala IndiansJuvenile literatureBiographyHistoryDakota IndiansTravel